Search Results by tag: National Book Awards

Naomi Klein nominated for 2017 National Book Award

Author and environmental activist Naomi Klein is the sole Canadian contender for this year's National Book Awards, which recognize the best fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and YA titles published in the U.S. annually. Up against nine ... Read More »

September 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Charles Bronfman, Annette Verschuren make National Business Book Awards shortlist

By Sue Carter

Titles about the changing digital world and two memoirs make up this year's National Business Book Award shortlist. The $30,000 prize recognizes outstanding non-fiction titles on Canadian business published the previous year. A jury, chaired ... Read More »

March 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

An indie-spirited rocker and an indie press win the National Book Awards

By Stuart Woods

Musician Patti Smith has won the U.S. National Book Award for non-fiction for Just Kids, a memoir about her youthful relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and her experiences in bohemian New York. Smith, who ... Read More »

November 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: McPherson & Co. confused; Amazon barcode app criticized; and more

By Alina Seagal

Today's book news: Portland bookstore's 17-foot Mockingjay display scores a visit from Suzanne Collins Amazon's new barcode scanner app revisited The Miami Herald requests a poem to celebrate basketball star LeBron James National Book Award ... Read More »

October 22, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

John Updike dies

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and man of letters John Updike has died of lung cancer, at the age of 76. From the Associated Press: A literary writer who frequently appeared on best seller lists, the tall, ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Authors

Bookmarks: National Book Awards

By Scott MacDonald

Our neighbours to the south will be handing out The National Book Awards tonight. Before they do, here's some handy links to get you up to speed on some of the nominees: The full list ... Read More »

November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Nobel jury head slams U.S. authors

By Scott MacDonald

According to The Guardian, Nobel jury head Horace Engdahl has got a bit of a hate-on for U.S. authors, describing U.S. writing as "insular and ignorant": Permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy Horace Engdahl told ... Read More »

October 1, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Opinion

Pamuk wins Nobel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well-known Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who has been much in the news lately for his freedom-of-speech struggles in his homeland, has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. Given the cries of who? that often ... Read More »

October 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

More award controversy: jury-nominee connections exposed